Intro
I entered middle age a few years ago...okay, a little more than a few. Our daughters are 28 and 26. After they left, I cautiously redecorated their bedrooms. I did the usual, donated "Lucky" brand jeans (left from 3rd grade) and stuffed animals to a local thrift store. Next, I threw away countless plastic bags from "The Gap" and other retailers. Some of them included various amounts of change, which of course I took as my housekeeping fee. Every $6.40 helps!
I slowly bought new furniture items that I liked - a futon and frame, small roll-top desk, area rugs and lamps. One room was starting to resemble my new "office" which would double as a guest room when necessary. One morning as I was getting ready to leave for work, I heard (and felt) a very large boom-crash. I cautiously walked upstairs to find the dust clearing and about half of the ceiling of my new room on the floor. Ah, the joys of owning an antique house...
It's consolidation time
Just how many pens and pencils can two people use? Probably not this many. The pencil holders on the counter were in the pantry under the stairs - you know the one I cleaned out. This is what was left after I threw out the ones that didn't work and took the ones that were still good but unnecessary in to work. A few weeks later, I was thinking, "how could I think that this was actually a reasonable amount?" We do like crossword puzzles and the hubby does a Sudoku puzzle now and then, but even at that this is ridiculous.
I didn't take an 'after' picture because I haven't had a chance to rearrange the drawer after I took ALL of the pens and pencils out of it yesterday morning. Of the ones in the picture, the marble egg shape that holds 6 pencils and the square wooden holder (middle on the counter) are all that remain - woohoo! I never knew how many mechanical pencils I had until yesterday. For some reason, I've always loved stationary supplies - CRAZY WOMAN!!!
While not nearly as big a change, I noticed that I had 4 containers of cupcake papers. After getting rid of the Halloween ones (which I have had for years but never used), I was able to fit the rest all into one container. The dark colored ones are silicone and reusable.
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